[briandear]

I would argue the Clinton campaign isnt slimey because of this -- it's smart media relations. What does call credibility into question is The NY Times was "talked out of" reporting on something. An objective reporter would tell them to pound sand at a request to not report something.

[Angostura]

The Clinton campaign's perception was they talked the reporter out of something.

As an ex-journalist, I've no doubt that on many occasions a PR thought they had convinced me of something when they absolutely hadn't.

[totalZero]

Doesn't look so smart now, with everyone combing through their emails...